JNS article reports on a May 29, 2026 House Judiciary Committee Republican memo alleging Biden administration grants from USAID, State Department, and Defense flowed to NGOs like Tides Network, Rockefeller entities, 1)
and Abraham Initiatives that supported anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel.
The memo details over $5 million routed through these groups to fund judicial reform opposition and some anti-Israel activism in the US, with specific donations linked to Jewish Voice for Peace,
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Alliance for Global Justice, and Defense for Children International-Palestine, which has PFLP ties.
Jim Jordan, committee chair, stated taxpayer funds were misused to undermine a key US ally, noting money's fungibility
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and a 2023 audit showing Abraham Initiatives' anti-terr0rism compliance failures.
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The proposed Section 224 of the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act, titled the “United States–Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” is best understood as... 1)
an expansion of existing U.S. defense cooperation frameworks with close allies. The United States already maintains similar agreements with partners such as the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and NATO countries.
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These arrangements commonly include joint research and development, co-production of defense systems, interoperability initiatives, and coordinated technological advancement, and Section 224 follows that established model.
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We should have a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain.
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Cancel it, just like I canceled my involvement with the failing and unsafe to be in Kennedy Center, because a Highly Conflicted, Crooked Federal Judge, said that I should not be allowed to spend my time and money in order to MAKE THE CENTER GREAT AGAIN,
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actually, far greater than it ever was before! It would have also been nice to see a Republican/Democrat union bring it back to life. The Kennedy Center is broken, unsafe, and $busted, and has been for many years! Judge Cooper also stated that the highly prestigious Board ...
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Understanding Iran’s Islamic Regime - The Story of Karbala
There is an element in the psychology of the Islamic Republic of Iran that the West, including the USA Administration, seems not to understand, and
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and that is the way Shi’i Twelver ideology sees the story of Karbala.
Karbala was the site of war between Husayn ibn Ali (the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad) and his small band of followers who made a final stand against the forces of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph.
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This was a struggle over authority within Islam. The followers of Husayn became the Shi’i.
But what is important about Karbala, is that, though the Shi’i side was defeated completely, their followers claimed a victory, a moral victory,
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "I find this interesting about international politics
Cuba. - Hates and responds to anyone who opposes it, and provides many benefits to those in charge of the political system and its military, encourages terrorist movements and
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provides them with shelter, but except for the United States, the rest of the world continues to treat the Cuban regime as an okay one. No condemnation. There is no criticism. There is no effort to condemn or boycott or even judge.
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Dictators who abuse their citizens if they declare themselves "Socialists"are fine in the eyes of the UN and the International community without judgment. (Perceived as a problem only by the US)
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Daniel Grand, an Orthodox Jewish resident of University Heights, Ohio, who received a cease-and-desist order in 2021 for hosting a small home minyan prayer gathering without a special use permit.
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Grand sued the city under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), alleging zoning enforcement discriminated against religious assemblies compared to similar-sized secular home gatherings, with claims of surveillance, withheld services,
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and a hostile hearing.
Lower courts dismissed the case, but attorneys filed a May 2026 Supreme Court certiorari petition (docket 25-965) citing circuit splits on zoning vs. religious freedom protections for private home worship.
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The person in the clip is U.S. Navy Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
He is the one testifying, responding to a question about his experience with Iran and noting that in the roughly 30 months before Operation Epic Fury 1) youtube.com/shorts/h06DhIh…
(the U.S.-led military operation against Iran that began on February 28, 2026), Iran and its proxies (in Iraq, Syria, and the Houthis) attacked U.S. service members and diplomats about 350 times—roughly every third day.
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The testimony comes from a Senate hearing in mid-May 2026 (around May 14–15), where Adm. Cooper discussed CENTCOM operations, force posture, and the outcomes of Operation Epic Fury.
The YouTube Short itself was uploaded on May 26, 2026 (by the channel "Jeff Square").
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